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"An Empire Awakening"',:;,
Associated Press Leased Wire
Seventeenth Year No. 7443
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS ?
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Uncensored
Observations
Either I, im UiiliuKi'ii la especially
susceptible lo fiimliilno cliuriiiM mill
wllwi or tin In u mighty soft Hp:
In hi lioarj, fur tin lot ono inomhur
ol the wouknr mix oft without fine
or ball for Improper lurking. It
II cainu about In thin muniiar: MUs
Agnes Covult, school nurse, purkod
her woe "puddle Jumper" on tlia
corner of firth Htruul kulweun
Klamuth and Mnln mrnols, a mem l
restricted district, Restricted bo
cause when (hit flru engine I cnl
led In I hut dliitrlcl thy need every
Inch of pavement alluted them in
turning tha cornur. Ho whuit Minn
Co v all wax liu I ml before I ho pom
noun police niiiRliitrntc, she Juki
smiled und said eho "nan sorry but
i didn't know I shouldn't do It,
JudKO." And llio Judge, -whether
nuscwpllhlo or not let her off Willi
u wicked wng Of hlH rinwr.
' TIIK IIM'OF.II PKI.I.UII
Each' day UNCENHOItEI) Oil
BEHVATION8 will print n group of
Interviews mostly mythical on
maltors of Inionw lalen-m tusiho
hum folks In these part.
Today's Question
"Are we huvlnit onough'AtoalW?"
. Tortny'n Answrr
Lynn P. Uabln Ni, I don't be
llove wo are. I'll see that llio
chamber of commerce appoint .
commlltoe at onre to onduct r
swooping probe Into tlili rank tl lo
ur I m In u t lo a .
Blm Puta Frank ly. I Ihl.ilc e
hare been having entirely .a m ic'i
weather during Ihe past inoirli
. Horace Manning It la a nitlur
on which I reditu to be quoted ut
this tlnio. ,
'Bill" MeNealy Yea and ni. In
jny opinion wo won't have anoug-i
weal bur until the lower lake ' u
flooded. .;'
Aim- brUooiTGo to b I. (Edit-
or'a note) We're not Intoreiud In
the woather. down there,
; Al Raymond I'll be In a position
to anewer next-Monday.
"Cloah, you'vo ot mo wrong."
complained Fred Houston today, fol-
lowing hla peruaal of an' "unroll
cored observation" -on how a big
rainbow gulped down hla false tenth.
"H'a not me that tins llio false
tooth, My brother Leo, la. tha Hons
lion who carries around a aot of Im
ported Ivories." And to prove his
tatotnenl, Fred proudly displayed
the molura given him by nnturj.
. Kd Ooary, seated on hla trust
worthy nag, la reminiscent of Guy
Young Loch Invar who enne out of
the west, and espying his light of
love ewung her lo the saddle and
carrlod her back to his homestead,'
doaplto tho protestations of the Pa
ler Pamlllaa. During theso 'lm
passubla' days, Ed Is forced to
mount hit fiery stood and reach
. Wocus valley.
The public school musical director
had Just complatod lending Iho
. chlldron In a eong at Fulrvluw
echool. It had to do with tho
animal tlint slept through tho win
tor and with tho first hint of spring
crawled out of Its hlbernntor and
communed with nature "Now chlld
ron," queried tho director, "What
kind of a llt'.le milium would you
giions It to bo?" Various mid sun
dry woro the answors, ground hog,
nqulrrol, and ao forth. "No! you
h-nven't guessed It yot. Now Just
think hard." ' Bllcnco. Then Book
raised his hand. "All right Illlly,
what la tho llltlo nnlmnl?" "It's
a unitke.",
Wham "Tllllo From Tlllnmook"
wont to Portland alio enmo dnngor
ously close to being ruliiod by the
cro-o-1 underworld of tho metropolis,
according to hor "momolra", coplOB
of which have nrrlvod hero. It's
our hunch that If "Knly From Klum
oth" should mingle with the boys
nnd girls III that region "north of
Hurnsldo", she aould shc.v thorn a
few new tricks In the way of under
world plotting and vice.
"I'll be durned If I'll lot them
dross me up In one of thorn surgical
rigs", says Lester Murphy of tho
Mars barber shop In. regard to tha
now aprons that bnrbors will woiiv.
Tho quostlon will come up before
tho MiiBtor , Harbor's association
which moots tho 18th of this month
In Swnnson's harbor Bhop. Appar
ently soma of the bnrbors thought
that tha aprons thoy had bean wearing-
worn mat official enough nnd to
hear out the Idea that thoy woro ion
norlnl physicians, thoy wInIi to
adopt n high coltur frock. Hut not
Murphy, lio's tor the Uttlo x4s that
you button, on to tho shirt nnd lot
jt go at that. ,.
COLLINS IS
STILL IN
CAVERN
All Hope of Rescuing Im
prisoned Man Today
Fails, Say Leaders
VAXK ( ITV, K., !'. I!l II. T.
Cm-llilrlllM'li III limi ne of opcrilllonx,
mill oilier official wlm hciiI Iiiii
lulo (lie Klinft IM-Ing iIiik IouiikU
Hnml ; nlirrn l-'lnyd t'nllliiH him
Imtii JinprlmmiHl for two wwUs,
riiino nut of llio shaft nl I o'clock
UiN "fli'inoon nml iiniimiiicril Hint
I lie Intno of riKculog CoIIIiih lliroiigli
il luiini'l illtcovcreil In Hie xhiift W
feel ilown would lime to Im ilium-
ilmiiil. The tunnel expliii-iilliin full
eil In iIIm-Im n iHMiige nny.
Digging wus resuuied In Iho hot
Umt of tho shaft limit and Mr. Cur
nilrhaol mild thut It pro'bubly would
Inko two or three days lo reach tho
70 foot level, where they plan to
begin lateral tunnels In an effort
to strike Hand Cave.
M ines of the rescuo of Collins by
noon today throuKh the new tunnel
attracted hundreds of persons to the
rave. For tlma Iho crowd. Includ
ing newspaper men, was kept away
frevn ll"! openings but -when Ihe crev
ice failed O develop Into anything
passable all were allowed lo again
apprnnrh to the shaft.
IIcim'w Operations
. Tho fulluro of t,he nigh hopes
raised by finding of this tunnol
noticeably dlsrouniged Ihe officials
of the nwcue party but "digging im
usual" begun ugaln at once. In Hie
hope of finding a more promising
cavern. The drill hole In tho center
of the shaft has gono to TO foot
without penetrating tho limestone
roof. but. another more ponotrablo
cavern ntiy be discovered In the
side wnll the one found this
morning.
The holo wss first discovered
about 1:30 a. m. and Curmlchaol
IA charge of the shaft and a- doctor
wero ' . .wakenad. Mounwhllo, the
dinners had uncovered a hole which
seemed two or threo feet high ex
tending downward at a rather sharp
slope. Tholr lumps wore blown out
by Iho down draft when thoy look
ed down the holo.. Tho bottom of
tho shaft was hurriedly closred for
Iho sixteen section of timbering so
short piles could bo driven In tho
sldo wall parallel, to tho new tun
nel. Discovery (iiiuiilnl
The discovery of tlm now tunnel
wna closely guiirded, tho minors re
fusing to talk about It. Uut look
ing down tho mouth of llio shaft, the
shadow of tho holo was clearly ovl-
dent, Tho down draft had cleared
out the shaft of the thin' fog which
has filled tho shaft since tho cold
snap, cauacd by .the miners breath
ing anxl tho .warmth of tholr bodies
and Ihe holo In tho flickering light
of tho miners' lamps, npponred lo
extend nearly half wny across ono
Bide of Iho six foot qouuro shaft.
Tho holo was found in tho side
wall at about tho no foot mark,
measuring from tho low sldo, or 65
feet measuring from tho high fldo
of the shnft nwuy from tho mouth of
Snnd Cave. In tho original explora
tion of tho diamond drill, a fow foot
distant from the shaft a, soft spot
(Contlnuod On Page 'Six) '
Court Orders
Contract for
City Printing
Be Not Signed
Following tho filing of a petition
In circuit court this morning, Judge
C. M. Thomas grunted n temporary
Injunction restraining tho city ad
ministration from giving ' tho city
printing contract for 1925 to tho
Klamath News.
The Injunction Is directed against
tho Klamath News Publishing com
pnny, Mayor Fred II. (loddard:
Councllmen, Vest, Cofor, Stuckoy,
'Hoborts ond Hnlslgor,. and Police
Mnglstrnto Oughngon. It sots forth
that Tho Herald Publishing com
pany, pursuant to wrltton notice sub
mltted a bid for tho city printing
conlraot, but.' that nintwlthstnndlng
that IIh' bid was tho lowest of thoso
rocolvod, tho council voted lo award
Iho 'contract to Iho Klamnth News
Publishing comipiiny. - '
Judgo Thomus slgnod nn: order
directing tha sovorul1 defendants, to
appdnr in court next Monday to
show eauso why Iho temporary .In
junction should not bo nindo per
nmnont, " , ,
Full Grown Bobcat
Is Electrocuted ' By
High Voltage Line
VALE, Ore., Feb. 1.1. A fnll
grown bob cut wits electrocuted on
the 00,000 vote line) of tho Vole
Kluclrlc company, between hero and
Nystia. Tod Knowlus, who found the
uulnial us he wus putrelllng tha line,
said while getting tho bounty, thut
the hugo cut climbed tho l0 foot
pole und got Its face ugulnst the
top wiro whllo Its legs wero urolmd
Ihe ground wire which runs the
lotiglh of the polo. Tho animal had
taken Ihe entire loud through Its
body, blowing the fuso on tho lino.
trl'.T HTOK.KM J I'll V
CMlCAliO, Fob. 13. Tho Jury i'n
Ihe trial of W. IC. I. Stokes ind
others, wus completed at 12:28 p. in.
toduy.
E
Maintenance Crews Work
ing to Keep Highway
Open at Bad Points
Hetween tnlrty -and forty men ere
working on tho sections of tha Ash
Innd-Klamaih Fulls highway where
Iho sub-grade has fulled. In an ut
tompt to keep the road open to auto
motive Havel, C. C. Scclcy, resident
engineer slated this morning.
Ill two sections of highway, near
I'levna school between Klamath
Falls and Keno Just west of McCol
turn's mill, the road base has been
broken through. The highway main
lenance crews are throwing In rock
lo serve as a temporary support for
the road until the .weather -modifies.
According to the state highway of
fice, several small slides were re
ported on the Green Springs mount-
lain. While the . slides did not
block traffic to any extent, a crew
of men was sont to clear the road of
mud.
The maintenance department of
the highway division here is con
centrating tholr activities on 'the
Ashland-Klamath Falls highway
This Is tho only artery of highway
travel open from Klamath county
to tho outside world,, and every-
thing will bo done to keep It open
throughout the Inclement weather.
tint has raised such havoc with
Klamath roads during the past ten
days.
GEORGE M'COLLUM
SELLS MILL STOCK
TO NINE BROTHERS
Cicorgo McCollum, large stock
holder In the Shasta View Lumber
company, disposed of his stock In
I ha concern today to Marion Nine,
Preston Nine and Wilbur Nino, his
former business partners. T h
Shasta View Lumber company, re
presenting, an Investment of over
1150,000, according lo a recant ap
praisal b the SesslonB Knglneoring
company of Chlcngo and Portland
la now exclusively ownod by the
threo Nino brothers.
Mr. McCollum disposed of his In
terost In the company in order t
dovoto his entlro time to his an III on
the Klamath river, 18 miles west of
this city. It Is understood that an
option -was hold by certain parties
on McCollum's mill but that1 It was
allowed to expiro without being ex
orcised. Mr. McCollum felt that he
should dovoto his entire tlmo to hla
mill nn tho Ktnmnth rlvor. Had tho
option been exercised, he would
havo hold his stock In the Shastn
View Lumber company nnd taken o
actlvo participation in tho concern
It was said.
Tho Nino brothers aro tho owners
of the Shastn Vlow Lumber company
nnd the Nine Lumber company. Tho
Shasta View Lumber company repro
sents a new band and resnw saw
mill south of town which will start
operation April 1 with a crew of
aobut 125 men.
The mill will have a capacity, of
80.000 feot daily and Is equipped
with modern machinery. The Nino
Lumber compony have been logging
throughout tho winter. They have
been cutting trees in the Squaw, Flat
unit for tho Shaw Bertram Lumber
company und hnvo been operating In
tha Sworn luko district.
. riUYER IS FULFILLED
CHICAGO, Fob. 14. Abrn-
nam Lincoln's prayer -that
America might be the scone
of two revolutions, ono against
slavery and one ' agnlnst
4 drunkonnoss, Ihns boon ful-
filled, ' Oonornl -. Nelson : A.
Miles, retired, civil war vet
4 eran anil Indian fighter, told
tho Proas club of Chlcngo'
today.
ASHLAND ROAD
IN BAD SHAP
BILLTOHAVE
BIRD RESERVE
ISPfESTEO
Oregon Law Makers Unan
imously Opposed to Pro
posed Federal Act
HTATE HOlBK, Halem, Ore., Feb.
13. Tho senate late yesterday wont
on record unanimously against the
piiHKago y congreKs or the ".Migra
tory bird rofugo act." This camo
p us house Joint memorial number
Introduced by Klrkwooil. protest
ing the pussuge of Iho set, the mom-
rial being uddremed to congreso.
Hy the bill In congress it is declared
iho government plans tr establish
bird refugna In some of trie states,
Including Oregon, and charge hunt-
r a license fee of $1 to hunt on
ho reserves. Sportsmen of the state
re solid against the congressional
measure.
House Joint memorial number 3
protesting against the government ln-
ludlng Diamond Ijike In the Crater
Lake Forest Koserve was adopted by
tho senate yesterday. The memorial
asks congress. Instead of placing
Diamond Lake in the Crator Lake
reserve, to deed the lake and Its
hores to the state of Oregon. ,
B
Michigan Posse Seeking Six
Men Who Flee in Auto
After Crime
PONTIAC, Mich.. Fobruary 13.
Sheriff's forces sought six men to
day fled from- Oxford, Michigan, In
an , automobile - after shooting and
killing Jay Gould, a night watchman.
Early reports that Gould was killed
whllo frustrating an attempt to rob
the Oxford Savings Bank were dis
credited when it was found no effort
had been made to enter the building.
WHKAT JUMPS AGAIX
CHICAGO. Feb. 13. Wheat open
ed excitedly today and as much as
Boven cents higher. May delivery
touched as high as 1.84 'k s bushel.
as compared with 1.71 H at the close
on Wednesday. The rise was large
ly in sympathy with advances of
Liverpool and Buenos Aires accounts
and on accourt of a revival of ex
port demand.
T
T
S. C. Campbell of Lakeview
Sells Klamath Holdings
to Local Firm
Two tracts of 'timber, both of 80
acres, were acquired yesterday ny
the White Pine Timber compmy
from S. C. Campbell of Lakeviev
for n consideration . approximating
34000. The timber is described a3
being In section 21, township 3S,
south range 10.
Richard H. Hovey, California tim
ber Investor, purchased a 320
acre tract of timber in Lake county
from W. Y. Miller nnd Annie Cay-
lord yosterday. Tho prlco paid for
the timber was in the neighbor
hood or (2500. It. Is located sev
eral miles southeast of Paisley.
Mr. Hovey and his father. Cheater
L. Hovey, by virtue of buying up
small tracts of ymber in eastern
Klamath and western Lake count,
have acquired timber in the two
counties aggregating over 20,000
acres', it Is estimated.
Collier Assisting '
Bradbury and Jacob
to Get Legislation
SALEM, Ore., Fob. 13. Features
of various Irrigation bills which met
with the disapproval of Directors
Bradbury nnd Jacob of the Klamath
Irrigation district have been elim
inated by tho irrigation committees,
It wus roovaled here today. Tho
two Klnnnath directors are hero to
protect the Interests of the Klamath
Inlgation district nnd are receiving
tho close support nnd cooperation of
Reprosontativo A. M. Colllor of
Klamuth Falls.
BANK WATCHMAN
I OIC PINE
TRACTS
BOUGH
SENATE VOTES
IE
T
Bill to Give Members of
High Tribunal $7500
Annually Passes
STATK HOUSE. Salem, Ore., Feb.
13. One of the bitterest debates in
the senate this session and one
which involved an unusual align
ment of voles In Ihe upper body of
the legislature, arose over senate
bill 28, Introduced by Staples and
proposing to Increase tbo salaries of
the supreme justices from $3,250
to t,r'00 a year. The bill passed
by a vote of 18 lo 11, Senator Mil
ler being absent.
Among house bills passed by the
senBle late yesterday were:
H. n. loS, Oakes: Providing that
assessor shall not raise assessed
valuation of newly settled Irrigable
land until water is secured.'
H. B. 80. Hazlett: Changing date
of elections In Irrigation districts
from second Tuesday of October to
flrat Tuesday of November.
The Umatilla delegation, late yes
terday Introduced S. B. 207 authori
zing grain and forage crop experi
mental station east of Cascades.
Unidentified Japanese
Is
-. Found Dead With Bul
let Wounds in Head
TACOMA, Feb. 13. An unidenti-
tied' Japanese- was found lying dead
lm a pool of blood with two shots
through his head on the steps lead
ing up to a local Japanese hotel fol
lowing three shots heard by K.
Torslnaya, who was sleeping in a
room above, about 1:45 this morn
ing. -
This was the fourth murder In
Taeoma within the past week.
Police officers said a bullet hole
through the door indicated that the
shot had been fired from the top of
the stairs by some one in the hotel.
In the pocket of the victim was
found a letter bearing the mme of
Mr. Kikuchi and written on a letter
head ' from the New Hotel Foster,
Portland.
FULCHER CONFERS
WITH DIRECTORS
C. J. Fulcher, director aad presl-
dwent of The Dallos-Reno-bos Ang
eles highway, from Lookout In the
Big Valley district conferred with
the Roads and High-way committee
and directors of the chamber of com
merce this afternoon In regard to the
formation. of plans to advertise the
highway. ,
The proposed highway would start
from The Dalles going through Bend,
Klamath Falls, M-alln, Beaver, Susan
vllle. Reno and J Los Angeles.
Through negotiations, California
originally promised the Oregon
Highway Committee support if they
built the .road to Mnltn. The ques
tion Is now up before California
legislature to recognize the Mnlln
road.
Fulcher spent several hours of
stiff riding over almost Impassable,
roads before arriving In Klamath
Falls, being forced to come horse
back the major portion of the way.
While passing through Mnlln he con
ferred with W. C. Dalton, a member
of the highway committee of the
Klamath chamber of commerce in re
gard to the question brought up this
afternoon. '
DE MOLAY CHAPTER
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The local chapter of Do Molay
will meet at the regular hour at the
Masonic temple this evening. The
regularly scheduled meeting last
night was postponed because of Lin
coln's birthday anniversary, and all
members of the order have been
urged to attend this evening.
NEWSPAPER VET DIES
Truiium Dnnli'lls, Agvl 7!3, Editorial
. Writer On Onklnnd Tribune,
Tasscs
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 13. Tru
man G. Dimilolls, 72, editorial writer
on the Onklnnd Tribune and former
school teacher in Portland, Oregon,
dlod Inst night at his home in Ala
meda nfter a brief Illness. Dunlells
headed "Tho Knave" department of
the Tribuno, devoted tp comment on
Sun Francisco and Oakland affairs.
1
OU
SE
TAC01A STAGES
FOURTH MURDER
Widow Who Was
Social Leader Now
Bank Executive
NEW YORK, 'Feb. 13. From a
society woman who had never done
a-ny work as a wago earner until 12
year ago, .Mrs. William Laimbeer
has advanced to a position In the
National City Bank of New York,
where she will have charge of all
business done by the bank with
women.
She went into business after her
husband, a Wall street broker, was
killed in an automobile accident and
the responsibility of caring for her
three children wae thrust upon her.
She began In a position little a;bove
that of a clerkship and steadily ad
vanced to the rank of executive in
the first billion dollar commercial
bank In America.
Crowded ' Court Docket
Cause of Delay Until
Next September
Is
A half dozen aliens desiring to be
examined on their qualifications to
become American citizens must wait
till next September,- It was an
nounced - today. Owing to court
being in session naturalization day.
which was scheduled for today, was
postponed for six months. Examiner
Taomas of 'Portland arrived in town
last night to aid the circuit Judge
in the conducting of the examina
tion, but -when he was informed
that the' hearings could not be
heard today he readily assented to
the continuance and left Klamath
Falls this morning.
Judge A. L. Leavltt will conduct
hearing in Jacksonville.. In . the
absence of Judge Thomas. He ac
companied Examiner Thomas to the
Jackson county seat this morning.
EMPLOYE EWAUNA
BOX CO. INJURED
Jasper Hall, age 17, narrowly
escaped serious injury shortly be
fore noon today when his foot be
came, caught In a driver chain of
a lumber Jitney at the Ewauna box
factory and the boy was dragged
down underneath the lumber hauler
and badly crushed and bruised
Through presence of mind, HuH
managed to reach up from under
neath the car and shut the engine
off. A few minutes later some of
his co-workers came to his rescuo
and extricated him from the ri
chine. He was rushed to the Klam
ath General hospital where he un
derwent emergency treatment.. Ac
cording to hospital authorities bo
will be In the hospital tor se-'.-.l
weeks.
PORT PROJKCTS APPROVED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The
senate commerce department today
approved these projects: Oakland
Harbor, California; Tillamook Bay
entrance, Oregon and Wrangell Nar
row, Alaska.
Klamath Post of
American - Legion
Visits in Malin
More than 25 members of Klam
ath post. No. S of the American
Legion caravaned to Mnlln lat rJght
to meet .with M-alln ex-service men
to assist them in making out com
pensation blanks and petitions for
the war-rislc insurance.
- Talks were given by Dr. O. S.
Newsom, W. R. Canton H. E. Getz,
Francis R. Olds, Rev. T. A. Mery-
weather and Dr. F. M. Trout of
Malin. Mrs. Maude Mackey and
Mrs. Blackmoor of Malin entertained
with several Interesting musical
numbers. .
The caravan was highly success
ful and created good will between
the two posts of ex-service- men.
PROHI REPORT NOW
BEING CONSIDERED
House Of Rrcpresontntlvea Taking
Up Question Of Cleaver s
V Fitness For Job
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Ore., Feb
13. The house as special order of
business at 3 p. m. today had be
fore it the recommendations of the
investigating oommittee of the state
prohibition director. The report was
read late yesterday afternoon.- The
findings, signed by all the committee
mombers. were adopted by the house.
The two sets of recommendations
promise to stir .up considerable argu
ment. That tho hoiiBe is not unani
mous for either sot of recomnienda-
Hons waa evidenced yostorday,
NATURALIZATION
DAY POSTPONED
SENSATION
ill I iii ni
ur K M.
N
Mike, Murphy Seeks to Im
plicate Glen Tracy in :
Erickson Slaying ' -v.
Pete Sullivan took the
stand on his own behalf,
this afternoon and was re
counting a minute tftory of
his actions on the night of
the murder in an effort ta-'
prove that he could not
have been one of the gang,
of outlaws who killed Erick
son. He took the jurors
step by step - through his
actions that: night and
sought to account for every
minute of his ' time until
well after midnight. . -'-y'
Glen Tracy ., was again
dragged into the Ericksotv
murder trials this morning
and it will be his alleged.'
complicity in , the ; murder-
that will be the cornerstone
of the defense of Pete Sulii
van, now on trial- for the'
Scandinavian hall killing. . .
- Mike . Murphy, owner .. of
the Rye Grass ranch south'
of Malin' and employer bi
Pete Sullivan, testified that
on January Tracy drove
up to his rancn nouse in an
automobile . in the back of
mlilrli wsi & bed roll cbV-
ered partially by an army:
overcoat. ' '''''
A bed roll, in which was
found the .32 caliber revol
ver, claimed to have been
the weapon from which the" ;
bullet which killed Erick :
son was fired, is one of the
principal bits of corroborate,;
ine evidence that the siaie
j v'
nas lmrotuiucu. .
Murphy declared that when he
asked Tracy if he- wan tea io.ei
the coat, the latter replied that-rp,
he thought not, that he had stolen
the coat. -. ,; ."" 0 -
Took Bed Roll
When he told me that." the wt
ness testified, "I told him mat , i
iiiii not want any stolen property
on my ranch and to carry Ihe bed
ding off my property. Then no
threw the roll over his shoulder
and walked west. The last I saw
of him was when he waa 100 yards
from the ranch house. Later, w.nua
I was in the bouse, be returned and
left In his machine." .'
Murphy testified that Tracy re
turned to his. ranch on or anouc
January 15 and told him that -ha
was after the bed rolli he did not
uinnt .tlm law to -net hold of It.
For an hour and a half, Murpnjr
was grilled by Deputy District - At
torney W. P.- Myers. Questions were
fired at him from every angle. Borne,
questions the witness answered, but
to the greater part he replied that
he did not know or could not re
member. " " T
Oross-Exninliiatlon .. "
Mr. . Murphy, did you hot have
a talk with myself and Mr. Canons
a few days before the Pate trial
was In orogresa and did not ' Mr,
Ganong take down In short hand
what you said?" Myers asked.
The witness admitted that . ho
had. . . ii
"And when I asked you 1f you
knew anything of a bed roll found
by the officers, did you not reply
that you knew positively that, the
roll was not your or Pete Bulll-;
van's?" ' i- : i.-y
Murphy could nol remembor,. ,;,
"And did you not ay to me In
response to other question as folr
lows: 'No, Mr. Myer, 1 never seen
the bed roll.' " ;-v
Murphy said again that he couM
not remomber but thought thai he.
had not said anything of, tltat
nature to the district attorney. S
' "You remember the conversation,
do you not, Mr. Murphyt" qnerteol
Myers.' .'V' . ' "'" :
"Oh, yos sir, I remember coming
to your office.'' : '
(Continued On 8k), 'j